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Selections for Dundalk – Oct. 2nd 2026
5.00: BYE BYE NOW – EW – (JACK KEARNEY (3)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 5.30: ECLAIRAGE – EW – (TERRY CASEY (7)/DANNY MURPHY) 6.00: SHIMMERING SUN (BEN COEN/HARRY EUSTACE, IN GB) 6.30: GOLDEN RING (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 7.00: LITTLE PACER (JESSICA MAY (7)/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 7.30: SALT LAKE (DONOGH O’CONNOR/ROBSON DE AGUIAR) 8.00: CHOSEN ONE – EW – (SADHBH…
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Selections for Gowran Park – Oct. 2nd 2026
1.21: IVATT – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.58: THE CAPTAIN’S WORD (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.31: GINO BELLO (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (5)/PAT FOLEY) 3.08: EURO AGENT – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.41: LARKIN’S LANE – EW – (ROSS SUGRUE (7)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 4.16: HIDALGO DES MOTTES – EW – (MICHAEL KENNELLY (5)/EOIN GRIFFIN) 4.50: COME…
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Galway pull off left of field coup landing big Fitz
In the days following Meath’s defeat by Monaghan in Round 3 of the Round Robin part of the All Ireland SFC – Lord rest it’s gentle soul – of 2024, Colm O’Rourke met with his outgoing selectors Stephen Bray and Barry Callaghan. One of the items on the agenda was the standard end of season…
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Selections for Clonmel – Oct. 1st 2026
1.49: DAIRY FORCE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.24: ROCKY’S HOWYA (KEVIN HEALY (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 2.59: ETERNAL REWARD (DANNY MULLINS/MAGS MULLINS) 3.34: SALLAP (PHILIP ENRIGHT/SAM CURLING) 4.09: CODGER’S ROCK – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/CIAN COLLINS) 4.42: HOPEFUL HERO (DONAGH MEYLER/TOM HOGAN) 5.17: TECHNOLOGY – EW – (ROSS SUGRUE (7)/JOHN MCCONNELL)
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Selections for Bellewstown – Oct. 1st 2026
1.00: CROMANE (GARY CARROLL/JOE MURPHY) 1.35: WHITE SAND BEACH (JACK CLEARY (5)/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.10: GLEN BREEZE – EW – (BEN COEN/PADDY MAGEE) 2.45: AQUILLA STAR – EW – (SIOBHAN RUTLEDGE/JOHN MCCONNELL) 3.20: DANDY LAND – EW – (SAM COEN (5)/WILLIE MCCREERY) 3.55: ABBOTSFORD (BILLY LEE/DERMOT WELD) 4.30: LILY PARR (ROBBIE COLGAN/SHEILA LAVERY) 5.05: ACANTO –…
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Hollow logs gather dirt but little else
There are characters in every pub in Ireland – and quite possibly around the globe – of which one of the following will undoubtedly be said at least once. Whether the subject thereof is aware of same or not. “You might as well be pouring water into a barrel of sawdust” or “You may as…
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Selections for Sligo – Sept. 30th 2026
2.20: SIXANDAHALF (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.55: PUTAPOUNDINDJAR (DAN KING/TONY MARTIN) 3.30: MIDNIGHT EAGLE (DAN KING/ANDY MCNAMARA) 4 05: AFFINITY ROCK – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/CIAN COLLINS) 4.40: WING BACK – EW – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/SAM CURLING) 5.15: STRAIGHT HOME (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.50: POURQUOI POI (DAN KING/PAUL FLYNN)
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Selections for Bellewstown – Sept. 30th 2026
2.05: ELUSIVE PATH COLIN (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 2.40: THE BLUE PANTHER – EW – (REESE HOLOHAN (5)/AIDAN MELIA) 3.15: DREAM LEGEND – EW – (COLIN KEANE/EAMON DELANY) 3.50: OSTERODE (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 4.25: SMOKE THEM OUT – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 5.00: JUSTENZIA – EW – (JARED HUGGAN (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 5.35: SOLNESS (JOEY…
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Alone he stood as ‘leaders’ play the blame game
If the tired – but probably accurate – stereotype differentiating between the soccer fraternity and their rugby counterparts in Ireland didn’t exist, chances are somebody would already have a movie script or a play in the works lauding Gavin Bazunu for his courageous, assured decision to withdraw his services from last Sunday evening’s UEFA Nations…
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Selections for Cork – Sept. 29th 2026
1.55: BOLD COMMANDER (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.25: PINK VENOM (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 2.55: STAYSOUND SUSIE – EW – (JIMMY DALTON (7)/ANDY SLATTERY) 3.25: AKASHA – EW – (KIAN MCNALLY (10)/NATALIA LUPINI) 3.55: CAUGHT U SLEEPING – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 4.25: CROSS OF STARS – EW – (GARY CARROLL/JOE MURPHY) 4.55: HELLORHIGHWATER – EW…
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